Nintendo and Sony face off for world domination (in Japan)! See who fared best this week!
| Game Title | System | Maker | Last Week's Rank | Week Before Last | This Week's Sales | Total Unit Sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran Turismo Concept 2001 Tokyo | PS2 | SCE | 2 | - | 50,101 | 248,285 |
| 2 | Mobile Suit Gundam Federation VS Zeon DX | PS2 | Bandai | 4 | 5 | 32,173 | 697,551 |
| 3 | Dairantou Smash Brothers DX | GCN | Nintendo | 1 | 3 | 30,244 | 951,114 |
| 4 | Momotaro Dentetsu X (Electric Rail Company) | PS2 | Hudson | 5 | 7 | 27,553 | 338,954 |
| 5 | World Soccer Winning Eleven 5 | PS2 | Konami | 9 | 4 | 23,718 | 339,450 |
| 6 | Dragon Quest IV | PSX | Enix | 6 | 11 | 20,408 | 108,216 |
| 7 | Shin Sangoku Musou 2 (Dynasty Warriors 3) | PS2 | Koei | 20 | - | 20,035 | 767,405 |
| 8 | Doubutsu no Mori + (Animal Forest +) | GCN | Nintendo | 8 | 9 | 19,636 | 275,726 |
| 9 | Pikmin | GCN | Nintendo | 7 | 12 | 16,640 | 382,608 |
| 10 | Magical Vacation | GBA | Nintendo | 18 | 19 | 16,478 | 186,811 |
| 11 | Dragon Quest Characters: Toruneko no Daibouken 2 Advance | GBA | Enix | 17 | 8 | 16,101 | 133,127 |
| 12 | Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty | PS2 | Konami | 12 | 13 | 15,864 | 738,141 |
| 13 | Crash Bandicoot 4 | PS2 | Konami | 13 | 10 | 15,139 | 132,763 |
| 14 | Seaman | PS2 | Ascii | 21 | 26 | 12,310 | 254,575 |
| 15 | YU-GI-OH! Dual Monsters 6 Expert 2 | GBA | Konami | 11 | 2 | 12,274 | 231,104 |
| 16 | Winning Post 5 | PS2 | Koei | 19 | 22 | 12,254 | 89,910 |
| 17 | Battle Network Rockman Ex 2 | GBA | Capcom | 14 | 17 | 11,805 | 150,231 |
| 18 | Super Mario Advance 2 | GBA | Nintendo | 3 | 1 | 11,704 | 506,085 |
| 19 | Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy | PS2 | SCE | 15 | 14 | 11,455 | 106,042 |
| 20 | Choro-Q HG2 | PS2 | Takara | - | - | 10,854 | 10,854 |
| 21 | Maximo | PS2 | Capcom | 25 | - | 10,529 | 55,060 |
| 22 | Luigi's Mansion | GCN | Nintendo | 29 | 30 | 10,477 | 307,052 |
| 23 | Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 8 | PS2 | Konami | - | 21 | 10,280 | 75,834 |
| 24 | The King of Fighters EX | GBA | Marvelous Ent. | 27 | - | 9534 | 50,931 |
| 25 | Sonic Adventure 2 Battle | GCN | Sega | 28 | 20 | 9294 | 80,978 |
| 26 | Mario Kart Advance | GBA | Nintendo | 22 | - | 8855 | 723,326 |
| 27 | Inuyasha | PSX | Bandai | 10 | - | 8732 | 93,074 |
| 28 | SuperLite 1500 Series The Tetris | PSX | Sucess | - | - | 8682 | 269,620 |
| 29 | Super Mario Advance | GBA | Nintendo | - | - | 7928 | 804,151 |
| 30 | Bakuten Shoot Beyblade | GBA | Broccoli | 26 | 25 | 7860 | 125,666 |
Game sales overall were down significantly this week, with Gran Turismo Concept in the Number One slot selling a mere 50,000 copies, compared to 238,000 copies of Smash Brothers last week. However, Nintendo edged up on Sony this week in the Top Ten, leaving the score at four vs. six, one up from previously. However, Nintendo branded software accounted for 14 of the 30 top selling titles this week, down from sixteen.
Magical Vacation for the GBA sold well, jumping from 18th place into the bottom slot of the Top Ten (and snagging a solid 8.8 review from Famitsu). Also, the latest GBA game in the Dragon Quest franchise (know as Dragon Warrior in the US) climbed up again a favorable six slots to claim honorable mention in eleventh place.
Easily the most interesting shift, Super Mario Advance 2 for the GBA plummeted from third to 18th place, with weekly sales amounting to less than one-tenth of last week’s totals. At the same time, its predecessor, Super Mario Advance, appeared again in the Top 30 after a fair hiatus.
